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Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonIf I Wake by Nikki MoyesA List of Cages by Robin RoeWintergirls by Laurie Halse AndersonGo Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks
Confront me: gritty realism in YA fiction
106 books — 33 voters
Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingThe Magic of Finkleton by K.C. HiltonShasta Summer by T.K. GeeringCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Books You Would Want To Step Into
88 books — 32 voters

2005 - Thanks for the Vodka by HarpieKids We Were by Bernie MorrisA Blessed Olive Tree by Zain Hashmi2006 - Thanks for the Vodka by HarpieAmarna Book I by Grea Alexander
Stories Rarely Told
106 books — 28 voters
Ethereal by Phillip BainbridgeSeven Beyond by Stella AtriumThe Consolation of Philosophy by BoethiusPhilosophy of Evil by Lars Fredrik Händler SvendsenThe Art of War and Other Classics of Eastern Philosophy by Sun Tzu
books with ‘philosophy’ in title
252 books — 26 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyThe Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonMiddlemarch by George EliotWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Naturalism and Realism
164 books — 23 voters
Magic America by C.E. MedfordFairytales for Wilde Girls by Allyse NearAlbion Imperilled by Ruth ThomasBreadcrumbs by Anne UrsuCailín by Rosalind Scarlett
Beautiful and Haunting
35 books — 22 voters

The Real Mother Goose by Blanche Fisher WrightPrincesses Behaving Badly by Linda Rodríguez McRobbieReal Florida by Jeff KlinkenbergLady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey by Fiona CarnarvonThe Magic of Reality by Richard Dawkins
Get 'Real'
654 books — 20 voters
Our Mathematical Universe by Max TegmarkPale Blue Dot by Carl SaganRelativity by Albert EinsteinThe Everett Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics by Jeffrey Alan BarrettThe Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard P. Feynman
Max Tegmark's Mathematical Universe
92 books — 20 voters

City of the Guardians by Bee L. KirkClockers by Richard PriceThe Last American Martyr by Tom Winton
Provoking Realism
3 books — 19 voters
Attack on Titan, Vol. 1 by Hajime IsayamaDeath Note, Vol. 1 by Tsugumi OhbaTokyo Ghoul, Tome 1 by Sui IshidaBlue Exorcist, Vol. 1 by Kazue KatoWith the Light by Keiko Tobe
Realistic Manga
34 books — 18 voters

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Golem and the Jinni by Helene WeckerSacrifice by Helyn DunnThe Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Great Historical Fantasy Novels
25 books — 11 voters
American Salvage by Bonnie Jo Campbell1979 by Steve AndersonHouse of Earth by Woody GuthrieThe Dust Prophet by Shannon MacFarlaneAllegheny Front by Matthew Neill Null
Rural Grit
11 books — 5 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezDom Casmurro by Machado de AssisPhilosopher or Dog? by Machado de AssisEpitaph of a Small Winner by Machado DeAssisMumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed
Avon, Bard, Discus Paperback Books Only. International Fiction, Modern Classics, Magical Realist, Latin, and more...
100 books — 5 voters
Outback Wonder by Juliet M. SampsonLucas by Alison Bellringer
Best Realism Young Adult books for 2017
2 books — 5 voters

Never Home Alone by Rob DunnWeeds by Alexander C. MartinA Weed by Any Other Name by Nancy GiftThe Coming Plague by Laurie GarrettThis Is Your Brain on Parasites by Kathleen McAuliffe
Weeds, pests, invasives, and diseases
132 books — 5 voters
Bauhaus by Jeannine FiedlerThe Indiscipline of Painting /anglais by CLARCK MARTINFinding Vincent by Les FurnanzWild by Graham BoyntonAction Painting by Robert Fleck
Art -‘isms’ of the 20th Century
102 books — 4 voters

The Sleepwalkers by Christopher ClarkThe Splendid and the Vile by Erik LarsonLucas by Alison BellringerNot One Inch by Mary Elise SarotteJayber Crow by Wendell Berry
War on the Rocks 2021 Recommendations
84 books — 4 voters
Cider With Rosie by Laurie LeeClochemerle by Gabriel ChevallierVillage School by Miss ReadThe Country Girls by Edna O'BrienLucas by Alison Bellringer
Rustic Novels
57 books — 4 voters

Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelLamentation by C.J. SansomHeartstone by C.J. SansomSovereign by C.J. SansomThe Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
The Best Books to Escape Reality With
87 books — 3 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyHome Making by Lee MataloneLucas by Alison BellringerLosing My Cool by Thomas Chatterton WilliamsSick City by Tony O'Neill
Best Books I Read or Wrote
23 books — 3 voters

L'origine du monde 4e édition revue, corrigée et augmentée by Thierry SavatierLe Horla by Guy de MaupassantLucas by Alison BellringerGustave Courbet, the face of «The Origin of the World» by Rédaction de Paris MatchThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Gustave Courbet Paintings
14 books — 3 voters
Drawn from Paradise by David AttenboroughThe Art of Natural History by Pascale HeurtelThe Bird by Philip KennedyThe Dog by Tamsin PickeralThe Horse by Tamsin Pickeral
Animal Art
110 books — 3 voters

The Problem of American Realism by Michael Davitt BellLucas by Alison BellringerThe Ferment of Realism by Warner BerthoffWriting Realism by Daniel H. BorusThe Social Construction of American Realism (Studies in Law a... by Amy Kaplan
Realism and Naturalism - Oxford Bibliographies in American Literature
9 books — 2 voters
Bouguereau and America by Tanya PaulDramas from the Depths by Reggie OliverThe Art of William A Bouguereau by TapirusThe Oldest Living Vampire on the Prowl by Joseph DuncanMarianela by Benito Pérez Galdós
William-Adolphe Bouguereau Paintings
14 books — 2 voters

Le Lion by Frédéric BrrémaudLes Dinosaures by Frédéric BrrémaudDe Goupil à Margot by Louis PergaudLe Livre de la jungle by Rudyard KiplingLe Second Livre de la jungle by Rudyard Kipling
Xenofiction with an Animal hero (if French Edition exists)
20 books — 1 voter
Criticism, Art and Theory in 1970s Britain by JJ CharlesworthLandscapes by John BergerNaked Emperors by Brian SewellWilliam Morris and John Ruskin by John BlewittWilliam Morris, His Art, His Writings, And His Public Life by Aymer Vallance
Art in Britain
11 books — 1 voter

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